GSC loc. 57941, Unit 96, Storm Creek Section, Opal Mbr, Mount Head Fm (Carboniferous of Canada)

Where: Alberta, Canada (50.6° N, 115.0° W: paleocoordinates 5.4° N, 40.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Opal Member (Mount Head Formation), Meramecian (343.0 - 335.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, dolomitic, gray, argillaceous limestone

• Unit 96: "Limestone, micritic, argillaceous, slightly dolomitic; medium dark grey, weathers pale yellowish brown; platy"

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•No descriptions of individual beds within this unit.

Reposited in the GSC

Primary reference: R. W. MacQueen and E. W. Bamber. 1968. Stratigraphy and facies relationships of the upper Mississippian Mount Head Formation, Rocky Mountains and foothills, southwestern Alberta. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology 16(3):225-287 [N. Heim/N. Heim]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 62621: authorized by Noel Heim, entered by Noel Heim on 24.07.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Ekvasophyllidae
? Faberophyllum sp.
? Faberophyllum sp. Parks 1951 horn coral
young specimen